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RE: Palapa D1 satellite

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Indonesian communication satellite Palapa D entered its geosynchronous orbit on September 9, despite an ignition failure on the rocket that carried the satellite more than a week ago, the satellite's manufacturer said Saturday.
The satellite had conducted a number of orbit manoeuvres in order to get into the geosynchronous orbit, and was in normal state, the company said.

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Period:       820.04
Inclination: 7.82
Apogee:     35670
Perigee:      9616

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TLE Data

PALAPA D
1 35812U 09046A   09247.60136218 -.00000066  00000-0  00000+0 0   192
2 35812 007.8217 117.6654 4488167 180.2876 181.9324 01.75554186   130

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Period: 820.25
Inclination: 7.82
Apogee: 35676
Perigee: 9620

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TLE Data

PALAPA D1
1 35812U 09046A   09247.60136218 -.00000066  00000-0  00000+0 0   192
2 35812 007.8217 117.6654 4488167 180.2876 181.9324 01.75554186   130

Period:        629.37
Inclination: 22.15
Apogee:     35683
Perigee:      216

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TLE Data

PALAPA D1
1 35812U 09046A   09246.59232847 -.00000040  00000-0  00000+0 0   129
2 35812 022.1309 117.8822 7289347 179.9677 180.1045 02.28786672   101

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Engineers at Thales Alenia Space have managed to communicate with the Palapa D1 satellite and have been able to boost the orbit so that the satellite can be positioned at the intended 113 degrees East orbital slot.
There is no information on how much of the onboard fuel was used to carry out this manoeuvre, and consequently, how it would affect the operational life of the satellite.

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Period:        369.47
Inclination: 22.35
Apogee:     21139
Perigee:      217

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An Indonesian communications satellite launched from China two days ago has had its orbit corrected, China's Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, after it failed to enter a preset path.

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The satellite was launched atop a Chinese-made Long March 3B rocket.
The first and second stages of the rocket entered space normally, but the third stage failed during a second-time ignition.
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"Peluncuran satelit PALAPA-D berhasil dilakukan dalam kondisi cuaca yang sangat mendukung sehingga proses peluncuran berjalan dengan lancar" - President Director & CEO Indosat, Harry Sasongko, usai menyaksikan peluncuran di Xichang, China, dalam keterangan persnya, Senin.

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